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• New Savage Lovecast: Bad Blood

  11-09-2018 23:26 via thestranger.com
  
  by The StrangerA young woman's boyfriend regularly gets her sexually aroused and then rolls over and goes to sleep without finishing the job. What on Earth is going on here? Also, Dan chats with Dr. Nick Cuneo about the ban on gay blood donation. Is gay blood that bad?A snippet:View this post on InstagramA post shared by The Stranger 🗞 (@thestrangerseattle) on Sep 11, 2018 at 2:17pm PDT [ Comment on this story ][ Subscribe to the comments on this story ]
  
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• Less snow prompts push to lengthen Grand Canyon visit season

  11-09-2018 23:20
  The North Rim is fully open less than half of the year and isn't as easy to get to as the South Rim, which attracts 90 percent of the canyon's annual 6.25 million visitors. The North Rim has equally stunning views but with cooler temperatures and far fewer tour buses.
  
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• Forecasters issue hurricane warnings for the Carolinas; tropical storm watch for parts of NC and Virginia

  11-09-2018 23:10
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters issue hurricane warnings for the Carolinas; tropical storm watch for parts of NC and Virginia.
  
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• Tropical Storm Olivia drops light rain on Maui, Big Island

  11-09-2018 22:45
  HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Olivia began dropping light rain on Maui and the Big Island on Tuesday as its outer rain bands approach the state. The storm could deposit 10 to 15 inches of rain on the islands, though some areas could get as much as 20 inches, Central Pacific Hurricane Center meteorologist Matthew […]
  
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• Tropical storm drops light rain as it nears Maui, Big Island

  11-09-2018 22:45
  HONOLULU (AP) — Tropical Storm Olivia began dropping light rain Tuesday on Maui and the Big Island as it approached the state and prompted warnings for residents to store drinking water and prepare for possible power outages. The storm could dump as much as 20 inches of rain on some parts of the islands, said […]
  
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• She Didn't Actually Cheat—Almost Did, But Didn't—But Her Husband Is Sure She Will Cheat Sometime. So Why Not Punish Her Now?

  11-09-2018 22:39 via thestranger.com
  
  by Dan Savage
  I’m a 25-year-old female. I’ve been married to my husband for two years, together for a total of four. I had an emotional affair, admitted it to my husband but downplayed it, and came clean about everything a month later. Suffice to say that my husband was furious. He doesn’t believe he can trust me (I don’t blame him) and mentioned divorce. I have cut off communication with the other guy and started therapy to deal with the issues that led me to the decisio
  
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• Hurricane Florence has ingredients that make experts worry

  11-09-2018 22:36
  WASHINGTON (AP) — To whip up a monstrous storm like the one chugging for the Carolinas you need a handful of ingredients — and Florence has them all. Warmer than normal sea temperatures to add energy and rain to a storm. Check. A wind pattern that allows a storm to get strong and stay strong. […]
  
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• Trump Made It Clear to Virginia That Blue States Now Get Treated Like the Brown People of Puerto Rico

  11-09-2018 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.Joe Raedle / GettyYesterday, Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation begged Trump to issue a federal emergency declaration for Virginia, which is currently more exposed to the destructive force of the monster hurricane Florence than North Carolina, and is likely to be hit as hard as South Carolina. But initially, Trump only offered emergency declarations for North and South Carolina. He completely ignored Virginia. For man
  
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• Seattle Pay Attention to This: Trump Made It Clear to Virginia That Blue States Now Get Treated Like the Brown People of Puerto Rico

  11-09-2018 22:12 via thestranger.com
  
  by Charles MudedeThe aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico.Joe Raedle / GettyYesterday, Virginia’s entire Congressional delegation begged Trump to issue a federal emergency declaration for Virginia, which is currently more exposed to the destructive force of the monster hurricane Florence than North Carolina, and is likely to be hit as hard as South Carolina. But initially, Trump only offered emergency declarations for North and South Carolina. He completely ignored Virginia. For man
  
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• In simulation, Category 4 hurricane devastated East Coast

  11-09-2018 21:02
  "What they were trying to do was create a worst-case scenario, but it's a very realistic scenario," said Joshua Behr, a research professor at Virginia's Old Dominion University who is involved in disaster modeling and simulations.
  
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• In simulation, a Category 4 hurricane devastated the East Coast

  11-09-2018 21:02
  "What they were trying to do was create a worst-case scenario, but it's a very realistic scenario," said Joshua Behr, a research professor at Virginia's Old Dominion University who is involved in disaster modeling and simulations.
  
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• Category 6? Climate change may cause more hurricanes to rapidly intensify.

  11-09-2018 20:32
  New research says that as the climate continues to warm, storms will intensify faster and more often, and in some extreme cases, grow so powerful that they might arguably be labeled "Category 6," an expansion of the hurricane rating currently in use.
  
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• Snohomish County detectives say they recovered a hand saw next to man shot by deputy

  11-09-2018 20:26
  Detectives say they recovered a drywall handsaw next to the body of a 43-year-old Stanwood man who was shot and killed by a Snohomish County sheriff’s deputy responding to a report of a domestic-violence assault early Sunday. The Snohomish County Multiple Agency Response Team (SMART) said the deputy was one of three responding to a […]
  
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• Lime's E-Scooters Are Fun Until You Get to the Bottom of a Hill

  11-09-2018 20:24 via thestranger.com
  
  by Katie HerzogSturdy as fuck. CB
  First thoughts upon laying eyes on our new toy: That thing is sturdy as fuck. The Lime-S, a battery-powered personal pan vehicle, is about as much like the Razor Scooter collecting dust in your closet as a Great Dane is like a tea cup poodle: They may be the same species, but only one falls over when you kick it.
  We'd been given this e-scooter by a Lime representative who, I think it's safe to assume, was hoping that the thought leaders over here at Stranger HQ1
  
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• AP Explains: Why North Carolina is vulnerable to hurricanes

  11-09-2018 19:52
  As Hurricane Florence churns toward the East Coast with catastrophic power, the storm has become a reminder of how vulnerable North Carolina’s coast is. Vast amounts of new development now stand on the shifting sands of barrier islands there, amid the rising waters of climate change. Except for a few short stretches, the state is […]
  
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• Pick of the Litter: Hooray for Dogs!!!

  11-09-2018 19:31 via thestranger.com
  
  Dogs are the best!by Elinor JonesI watched a documentary called Pick of the Litter, about puppies in training to become guide dogs for the blind, and I’d like the record to reflect that there should definitely be more movies about puppies.
  Pick of the Litter isn’t all roly-polies and snuggles and yips: The star dogs of the film work their tails off as they are trained to become service animals, and their journey is emotional, tense, inspiring. (And yes, cute as hell.) The film starts
  
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• Fire destroys two homes on west side of Vashon Island

  11-09-2018 18:54
  Firefighters extended 500 feet of fire hose from tenders down a windy hillside road on the island, and a firefighting boat from Tacoma assisted.
  
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• Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declares state of emergency as capital prepares for rain, flooding from Florence

  11-09-2018 18:38
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declares state of emergency as capital prepares for rain, flooding from Florence.
  
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• KIRO's Dori Monson Picked a Fight With the Wrong Drag Queen

  11-09-2018 18:30 via thestranger.com
  
  Sparkle Leigh was the target of a conservative rant for a Drag Queen Story Time she didn't even host.by Chase BurnsSparkle Leigh, the colorful mermaid center, was the target of a conservative rant for a Drag Queen Story Time she didn't even host. Courtesy Sparkle Leigh
  It appears KIRO's Dori Monson likes everything but his facts to be straight.
  The conservative radio host and Alex Jones doppelgänger took to his radio program Monday afternoon to bemoan "one of the most depressing things" he'
  
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• Meet the Diplomatic Democrat Who Stands a Chance in Trump's Washington

  11-09-2018 17:43 via thestranger.com
  
  Carolyn Long bridges the political divide in town halls, classrooms, community centers, and even at home—her husband voted for Trump.by Rich SmithCarolyn Long passes the bullshit test in about 13 seconds. This is an important quality for a Democratic candidate running in a district that’s been held by a Republican for seven years. ILLUSTRATIONS BY CHELCIE BLACKMUN
  Before the August primary in Washington, the race for Congress in the southwest corner of the state was not attracting na
  
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• A different kind of climate summit comes to San Francisco

  11-09-2018 17:29
  The international effort to fight climate change is about to get injected with a bit of Hollywood flash, a lot of Wall Street green and a considerable dose of cheerleading rather than dry treaty negotiations. Business leaders, mayors, governors and activists from around the world gather this week in San Francisco for the Global Climate […]
  
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• Slog AM: Operation Airlift Mountain Goats is in Effect, 17 People Killed by Trains in Washington, Donald Trump Celebrates 9/11?

  11-09-2018 17:08 via thestranger.com
  
  Florence is coming, a miracle drug, more on that Dallas copby Nathalie GrahamYou are not where you belong, Billy.Wendy/Jeff Sparks/Torquemada/ Getty Images
  Get the mountain goats to the chopper! There’s an operation underway to airlift a whole bunch of mountain goats from Olympic National Park to the North Cascades. Crews have to wrangle, tranquilize, and airlift about 725 of the goats since they aren’t native to the Olympic Peninsula. It’s all part of the National Park Service
  
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• Proposal to create whale sanctuary in S Atlantic defeated

  11-09-2018 17:07
  FLORIANOPOLIS, Brazil (AP) — A proposal to create a whale sanctuary in the South Atlantic has been defeated at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission. Opponents of the plan argue the science doesn’t support the case for a sanctuary. And they say it’s not necessary because there isn’t any commercial whaling occurring in the […]
  
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• Man gets 30 years for beating man with bat during Kitsap County robbery

  11-09-2018 16:59
  Devonte Malik Crawford was sentenced Monday to 30 years in prison.
  
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• Trump cancels Missouri rally as Hurricane Florence nears

  11-09-2018 16:40
  JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President Donald Trump is canceling a campaign rally in Missouri as a potentially catastrophic hurricane nears the East Coast. Trump on Tuesday announced he’s axing his planned visit to Cape Girardeau on Thursday. His campaign says that’s the safest decision in light of the approaching hurricane. Hurricane Florence is expected […]
  
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• Seattle weather is back: Rainy with a chance of showers all week

  11-09-2018 16:12
  Rainfall in the Seattle area remains more than an inch below average for the year.
  
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• After one of Seattle’s driest summers on record, rain is returning to the forecast

  11-09-2018 16:12
  Rainfall in the Seattle area remains more than an inch below average for the year.
  
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• You can see change closing in on Lake Union, Seattle’s hardworking, ever-evolving waterway

  11-09-2018 15:00
  Seattle Times staff photographer Alan Berner drinks in the vibrancy of Lake Union in this installment of Northwest Wanderings, a column that explores places and communities throughout the Pacific Northwest.
  
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• Does Washington cyberstalking law violate free-speech rights? Bainbridge man gets new chance to make his case

  11-09-2018 15:00
  A federal lawsuit naming Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson argues a state law against cyberstalking violates free speech rights.
  
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• Forecasters: Florence’s top winds drop to 130 mph but hurricane will regain strength, remains fearsome Category 4

  11-09-2018 14:07
  MIAMI (AP) — Forecasters: Florence’s top winds drop to 130 mph but hurricane will regain strength, remains fearsome Category 4.
  
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• Man charged with kidnapping held on $2.5 million bail

  11-09-2018 13:54
  Randy Smith is charged with 11 counts, including kidnapping, assault and robbery, for the incident at Sky Motors on Sept. 6.
  
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• Surge, wind, rain, floods: Hurricane Florence could hit hard

  11-09-2018 06:11
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Mandatory evacuations were imposed for parts of three East Coast states Tuesday as millions of Americans prepared for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Hurricane Florence’s size is “staggering,” National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham warned. “We could cover several states […]
  
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• Millions prepare for potentially catastrophic Florence

  11-09-2018 06:11
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — With mandatory evacuations already issued for parts of three East Coast states, millions of Americans are preparing for what could become one of the most catastrophic hurricanes to hit the Eastern Seaboard in decades. Carrying winds of up to 140 mph (220 kph) as a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Florence is […]
  
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• ‘Big and vicious’: Hurricane Florence closes in on Carolinas

  11-09-2018 06:11
  The eye of the massive storm is forecast to make East Coast landfall late Thursday or early Friday, and then meander for days. "This one really scares me," warned National Hurricane Center Director Ken Graham. A million people have been ordered to evacuate already.
  
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• Florence could rival North Carolina’s 1954 ‘benchmark storm’

  11-09-2018 06:04
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds. Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch North Carolina has seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind […]
  
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• Florence could hit with punch not seen in more than 60 years

  11-09-2018 06:04
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds. Hurricane Florence could inflict the hardest hurricane punch the Carolinas have seen in more than 60 years, with rain and wind […]
  
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• Washington state’s 2019 Teacher of the Year: ‘Be proud of yourself. Be brave. Be bold.’

  11-09-2018 04:09
  Robert Hand, a family and consumer sciences instructor at Mount Vernon High School, will now contend for the national teacher of the year award.
  
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• Role models at Microsoft, Google, GE tell girls that STEM’s for them in new campaign

  11-09-2018 03:05
  The public-service campaign encourages girls ages 11 to 15 to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math.
  
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• Judge boosts contempt fines against Tim Eyman in campaign-finance lawsuit

  11-09-2018 02:30
  Tim Eyman and signature-gathering firm Citizen Solutions have been in contempt since February for not handing over all the documents sought by the Washington Attorney General's Office.
  
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• White Artist "Arbitrarily" Paints Portraits of White Nationalists, Some of Whom Have Murdered POC

  11-09-2018 02:05 via thestranger.com
  
  The paintings are, in his words, arbitrary.by Leah St. LawrenceDavid Haughton Leah St. Lawrence
  On the same day that a white Dallas police officer, Amber Guyger, entered by "mistake" the apartment of an unarmed 26-year-old a black man Botham Shem Jean and fatally shot him in his own apartment (she claims she thought it was her apartment and he was an intruder; she is now charged with manslaughter; this is America), a new show opened at Gallery 110 in Pioneer Square. The show, titled “Angry
  
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• Man struck, killed by freight train; south-end commuter trains delayed

  11-09-2018 01:41
  This is the 17th fatality involving a person hit by a train in Washington state this year.
  
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• Man struck, killed by by freight train; south-end commuter trains delayed

  11-09-2018 01:41
  This is the 17th fatality involving a person hit by a train in Washington state this year.
  
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• Hey Amazonians: This Refinery29 Article Is Why Seattleites Hate You

  11-09-2018 01:05 via thestranger.com
  
  Real or not, this is infuriating.by Nathalie GrahamWaiting for an Uber with her Herkimer coffee.AzmanJaka / Getty Images
  Seattle is the focus of the latest refinery29 series “Money Diaries,” where real women write in to tell the world about how they live and how they spend day-to-day for one week. Sounds like a cool premise. But don't get your hopes up, as they're all bafflingly disconnected. You can read the one about an LA woman who thinks spending $5,000 on a purse is ludicrous bu
  
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• Seattle man pleads guilty to cyberstalking

  11-09-2018 01:00
  Justice Department officials say the man orchestrated spam phone calls, created fake dating profiles portraying a victim as seeking underage relationships and made death threats.
  
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